Three years
Benjamin suddenly felt a little headache.
They definitely didn't plan to stay in Ikol for that long. The Queen looked like she was going to recruit him by force. Even if the Magistrates Guild was so polite to him now, it would be hard to say what would happen in the future. In addition, the entire situation in Ikol was a bit strange, so he really didn't want to stay here any longer.
Things are getting a little tricky again...
"You've told me all these things, and it's Her Majesty the Queen and there's a ban. What do you really want? You'd better just tell me what you have to say." After thinking about it, he finally asked.
Hearing this, Hawk also smiled and said: "Yes, it is a bit difficult to leave Icol now. However, our president has the authority to issue exit documents. Her Majesty the Queen has not returned to the capital yet. , there will be no obstacles in issuing documents for you, but if Her Majesty the Queen comes back... Needless to say, you should understand the rest."
Benjamin took a deep breath and said, "So, in the final analysis, your purpose is just to hope that I can go to Regina."
Hawke smiled without saying a word and nodded.
However, soon, the meaningful smile on his face froze, because Benjamin also showed the same smile, and then shook his head unusually firmly.
"As far as I know, there are no dangerous mountains and dangerous areas on the border between Icol and the other two countries. It is just a defensive line built by the army. We just need to pick a time and place that you can't think of and use flight to fly over. You There’s no way to stop us.”
At that moment, the smile on Hawke's face was a little stiff.
"That's not good."
"What's wrong? We even broke through the Crusad Gate. You guys can just fly across the border." Benjamin replied with a smile.
“…”
Seemingly choked by Benjamin's straightforward words, Hawke was silent for a long time, unable to think of any better reason to persuade Benjamin.
"Your Excellency... If you, if you do this, the relationship with us will become very tense, which will be very detrimental to you... to your future development, right? This is not good."
Benjamin's answer was very cold:
"oh."
As a result, Hawke was defeated and gave up persuading Benjamin. In desperation, he could only turn around and leave the room with Benjamin's farewell.
After Hawke left, Benjamin immediately summoned more than twenty mages and held a secret meeting. During the small meeting, he told everyone about leaving Ikol as soon as possible and heading to Freeden. Reactions varied, but few disagreed. Therefore, this matter can be considered settled.
By the way, he also emphasized that everyone should be more vigilant and not go out casually, as something might happen to Ikol recently.
He had no choice but to fear that the Mages Guild would fail to persuade him, so he would take extreme measures such as kidnapping a person and forcefully lead Benjamin to Regina - if this really happened, he really would have no choice at all.
After a lot of fuss, it became a bit late. He originally wanted to go to the old man and exchange the two books for Warcraft materials, but the old man's shop was closed. So Benjamin had to go back to his room to rest, meditate for a while, and then fell asleep.
Early the next morning, he got up and went to "Moore's Magic Shop". From the old man's hands, he bought two books: "Introduction to Potions" and "Magic Probability".
When exchanging books, the old man's expression was still the same impatient, and he didn't comment on the discussion between Benjamin and the Mages Guild last night, as if he didn't know such a thing happened at all. Therefore, Benjamin didn't say anything more, took the book and returned to the hotel.
He sat on the bed, looked at the two books in his hands, and couldn't help but sigh, knowledge is indeed hard-earned.
After thinking about it, he first opened the book "Introduction to Potions".
In terms of magic, Benjamin knew a lot. In exchange for the book "Introduction to Magic", he just wanted to understand the level of magic theory in foreign countries and see what he could learn from it. Therefore, in comparison, this new "potion science" is more attractive.
So, he couldn't wait to read it.
But what he didn't expect was that the first sentence in the book made him a little surprised.
"Potions are better than magic."
When he saw this sentence, Benjamin disagreed a little. In his opinion, potions are just a branch of the wizard's skills and are fundamentally different from magic. Magic is the key to what makes a mage a mage, and potions are just potions.
Probably, this sentence was just an angry conclusion made by a certain potion mage who was not good at magic.
Of course, even if he didn't agree with this sentence, Benjamin would still keep reading. In the following part, the content of the book also elaborates on this argument in more detail.
"Magic is not an ability that humans are born with, but a skill that humans gradually develop through imitation of monsters in the long process of fighting against monsters. The ultimate goal of magic is to allow humans to possess what monsters have. The power, but unfortunately, magic requires too high a talent, and not everyone can possess that incredible power. Therefore, magic has very great limitations."
...So it turns out that this is how foreign mages define magic
Although Benjamin prefers that magic is an instinct rather than an imitation, what the book says happened many years ago. Maybe magic really originated from imitating Warcraft. After all, this kind of thing is really difficult to delve into.
In short, this theory still seems to be much better than that magic is the power of the devil, or that magic is the power left by Cain.
But obviously, the last sentence of this passage is to pave the way for the potion.
"But magic potion is different. In essence, magic potion is a more complete copy and imitation of the power of Warcraft. We can extract the blood of the wild fire snake and refine it into potion, which can make an ordinary person in a short time Having the ability to not be afraid of fire is something that magic cannot do. As a means for humans to possess the abilities of Warcraft, the level of magic is too shallow and only stays at the stage of imitation. Magic potions go deeper and directly plunder Warcraft. The strength is extracted from the muscles, bones, flesh and blood, and given to every ordinary human being. This is the greatness of potions. Therefore, from this perspective, potions are higher than magic."
Seeing this, Benjamin finally understood where the "bold statement" at the beginning of the book came from.
There is no way, the most original world view is different, and the cognition derived from it will definitely become completely different. From the perspective of the author of the book, it would be understandable to come to such an extreme point of view.
but…
There is no doubt that Benjamin does not agree with this idea.
He could accept the concept that potions were people's plunder of the power of monsters. But in his view, magic is by no means a simple imitation of the power of Warcraft. Magic is a talent and a desire, just like eating and drinking, it is an instinct that people are born with.
People with magical talents can sometimes feel the call of the elements and ignite a weak flame in their hands without even learning. Does this have anything to do with World of Warcraft? The existence of Warcraft may have promoted the growth and growth of magic, but using the power of Warcraft to define magic is a bit too narrow.
Thinking of this, Benjamin shook his head.
I don't know why, but he was originally very interested in potions, but now he suddenly lost his enthusiasm.
However, with the book in hand, he was still patient and spent more than two hours reading the entire book. The back of the book talks about some basics of potion refining, lists some simple potion recipes, and briefly explains the ideas for preparing potions. It encourages those who study potions to continue to innovate and develop their own formulas. …
In the theoretical part, Benjamin was a little reluctant to agree with it due to different concepts. However, in the example part, some of the magic potions introduced in the book still made Benjamin feel very novel.
Magic potions like magic amplification potions, mental recovery potions, agility strengthening potions... are some very conventional potions, of course, there are also all kinds of weird ones. Like the book said, there is a magic potion that can greatly enhance sexual ability. Seven times a night or something is not a dream, so Benjamin thought he was watching a late-night TV commercial.
In this way, after reading the whole book, Benjamin also had a relatively systematic understanding of the so-called "magic potion" - yes, it is a very useful thing, but there is no doubt that magic is the right way.
Because of this, he no longer plans to learn how to refine potions. First of all, most of the interest is lost and it is difficult to stick to it. Secondly, there is a conflict in the underlying concepts, and if you learn it, it will be in vain. At most, you can only stay at the superficial level, and the research is not deep.
It's a pity, but his energy is limited, and the mystery of the consciousness space is enough for him to spend his whole life. How can he have time to study potions under the guidance of another theory
but…
If he doesn’t want to learn, he can let others learn!
After thinking about it, Benjamin called all the mages together again that morning and held a secret meeting.